Ben Lee Performs With Perth Orchestra

Ben released his sixth solo recording, Ripe in September 2007. The album, which was produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Ben Folds Five) continues Ben's trademark pop craftsmanship, sense of humor and uncontainable passion for life as well as representing a marked maturity in form.

Singer/songwriter and actress Mandy Moore will now perform an intimate acoustic set prior to Ben Lee taking to the stage for these special concerts. She emerged as a recording artist in the early 2000s after the release of her pop albums, So Real and Mandy Moore. She branched out into a film career, starring in 2002's A Walk to Remember for which she garnered critical acclaim as well as MTV's Breakthrough Performance Award.

Following the enormously successful tradition of george, The Whitlams, Ben Folds, Tim Rogers, Tex Perkins and Augie March, this concert will see one of Australia's most successful acts play his songs for the first time with full symphony orchestra. 'Gamble Everything for Love', and 'We are all in This Together', are just two of the hit songs that will receive orchestral treatment by Australian composers for performance under the stars on Friday 29 February and Saturday 1 March. -- www.waso.com.au